Isezaki Road
is really Isezaki Mall (Isezakichō shopping street), Yokohama, Kanagawa
Real place, reimagined
Real-world photo: Wikimedia Commons
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In the game
The flashiest shopping street in Ijincho, a pedestrian mall hung with neon arches and lined with shops, restaurants and the PIA pachislot parlor. Wikipedia says the game's Isezaki Road is the pedestrian part of the real Isezaki Mall, which also gives the whole district its name.
The real place
The Isezakichō shopping street runs for about 1.2 km near the Ōoka River, and only its first two blocks, starting near Kannai Station, form the car-free Isezaki Mall. Until the 1960s it was Yokohama's main shopping area for local residents.
Visiting
Start at the Kannai Station end, where the biggest shops are, and walk south-west: the street gets smaller and more local as you go. The Yurindo bookshop at the start of the mall was founded here in 1909.
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